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Q: How often do you lie to your boss?

Answered by 10,000+ others in All Departments

The most common answer was "Never" (71%)

Never
71%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
5%

Gender

Male

Never
72%
Once ever
8%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 10,000+ Male employees

Female

Never
68%
Once ever
12%
Once a quarter
10%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 5,000+ Female employees

Non-Binary

Never
100%
Once ever
0%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a month
0%
Once a week
0%
Answered by < 100 Non-Binary employees

Ethnicity

74%
Never

Caucasian answered Never the most among all other ethnicities.

  • Caucasian
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • African American/Black
  • Asian or Pacific Islander
  • Native American
  • Other
Never
74%
Once ever
8%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 10,000+ Caucasian
Never
61%
Once ever
12%
Once a quarter
13%
Once a month
9%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 1,000+ Hispanic or Latino
Never
62%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
13%
Once a month
8%
Once a week
7%
Answered by 1,000+ African American/Black
Never
67%
Once ever
11%
Once a quarter
11%
Once a month
7%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 1,000+ Asian or Pacific Islander
Never
51%
Once ever
13%
Once a quarter
17%
Once a month
10%
Once a week
9%
Answered by 100+ Native American
Never
72%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
8%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 1,000+ Other

Department

78%
Never

HR answered Never the most among all other departments.

Communications answered Once a week the least among all other departments.

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Design
  • Marketing
  • Executive
  • Operations
  • Admin
  • Business Development
  • Finance
  • Communications
  • Customer Support
  • HR
  • IT
  • Legal
  • Sales
Never
72%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
10%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Engineering department
Never
70%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
11%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Product department
Never
56%
Once ever
13%
Once a quarter
15%
Once a month
10%
Once a week
6%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Design department
Never
67%
Once ever
11%
Once a quarter
11%
Once a month
7%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Marketing department
Never
73%
Once ever
8%
Once a quarter
8%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 500+ working in Executive department
Never
75%
Once ever
8%
Once a quarter
7%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Operations department
Never
67%
Once ever
11%
Once a quarter
10%
Once a month
7%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 500+ working in Admin department
Never
67%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
10%
Once a month
7%
Once a week
6%
Answered by 100+ working in Business Development department
Never
67%
Once ever
11%
Once a quarter
12%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 500+ working in Finance department
Never
67%
Once ever
15%
Once a quarter
8%
Once a month
7%
Once a week
3%
Answered by 100+ working in Communications department
Never
73%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
8%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Customer Support department
Never
78%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
6%
Once a month
4%
Once a week
3%
Answered by 500+ working in HR department
Never
76%
Once ever
8%
Once a quarter
7%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 1,000+ working in IT department
Never
68%
Once ever
13%
Once a quarter
12%
Once a month
4%
Once a week
3%
Answered by 100+ working in Legal department
Never
70%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
6%
Answered by 1,000+ working in Sales department

Age

88%
Never

61-65 answered Never the most among all other age groups.

  • 18-25
  • 26-30
  • 31-35
  • 36-40
  • 41-45
  • 46-50
  • 51-55
  • 56-60
  • 61-65
  • 66+
Never
54%
Once ever
13%
Once a quarter
15%
Once a month
12%
Once a week
6%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 18-25
Never
60%
Once ever
12%
Once a quarter
14%
Once a month
8%
Once a week
6%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 26-30
Never
66%
Once ever
12%
Once a quarter
12%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 31-35
Never
69%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
11%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 36-40
Never
76%
Once ever
8%
Once a quarter
7%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 41-45
Never
79%
Once ever
7%
Once a quarter
6%
Once a month
4%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 1,000+ aged 46-50
Never
82%
Once ever
6%
Once a quarter
6%
Once a month
3%
Once a week
3%
Answered by 500+ aged 51-55
Never
84%
Once ever
5%
Once a quarter
4%
Once a month
3%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 100+ aged 56-60
Never
88%
Once ever
4%
Once a quarter
3%
Once a month
1%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 100+ aged 61-65
Never
69%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
11%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
5%
Answered by < 100 aged 66+

Education

72%
Never

Bachelor's answered Never the most among all other education levels.

  • High school
  • Some college
  • Associate's
  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
  • Doctoral or professional
Never
58%
Once ever
12%
Once a quarter
14%
Once a month
9%
Once a week
7%
Answered by 1,000+ with High school education level
Never
66%
Once ever
11%
Once a quarter
11%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
6%
Answered by 1,000+ with Some college education level
Never
63%
Once ever
11%
Once a quarter
13%
Once a month
8%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 1,000+ with Associate's education level
Never
72%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 5,000+ with Bachelor's education level
Never
71%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
11%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 1,000+ with Master's education level
Never
69%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
8%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 100+ with Doctoral or professional education level

Experience

79%
Never

Over 10 Years answered Never the most among all other segments.

  • Entry Level
  • 1 to 3 Years
  • 3 to 6 Years
  • 6 to 10 Years
  • Over 10 Years
Never
61%
Once ever
14%
Once a quarter
11%
Once a month
8%
Once a week
6%
Answered by 1,000+ with Entry Level experience
Never
62%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
14%
Once a month
8%
Once a week
6%
Answered by 1,000+ with 1 to 3 Years experience
Never
65%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
13%
Once a month
7%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 1,000+ with 3 to 6 Years experience
Never
69%
Once ever
11%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 1,000+ with 6 to 10 Years experience
Never
79%
Once ever
7%
Once a quarter
6%
Once a month
4%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 5,000+ with Over 10 Years experience

Location

78%
Never

San Diego answered Never the most among all other locations.

San Francisco answered Once a week the least among all other locations.

  • Atlanta
  • Boston
  • Chicago
  • Dallas
  • Denver
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Houston
  • Los Angeles
  • Minneapolis
  • New York
  • Phoenix
  • Riverside, CA
  • San Diego
  • San Francisco
  • Seattle
  • Washington, DC
Never
70%
Once ever
8%
Once a quarter
10%
Once a month
7%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 100+ in Atlanta
Never
71%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 500+ in Boston
Never
67%
Once ever
11%
Once a quarter
11%
Once a month
7%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 500+ in Chicago
Never
72%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
8%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 100+ in Dallas
Never
72%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
10%
Once a month
4%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 100+ in Denver
Never
63%
Once ever
16%
Once a quarter
0%
Once a month
16%
Once a week
5%
Answered by < 100 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Never
72%
Once ever
7%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
7%
Answered by 100+ in Houston
Never
64%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
13%
Once a month
8%
Once a week
5%
Answered by 1,000+ in Los Angeles
Never
67%
Once ever
8%
Once a quarter
15%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
4%
Answered by < 100 in Minneapolis
Never
67%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
10%
Once a month
7%
Once a week
6%
Answered by 1,000+ in New York
Never
77%
Once ever
6%
Once a quarter
8%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
4%
Answered by 100+ in Phoenix
Never
67%
Once ever
0%
Once a quarter
17%
Once a month
16%
Once a week
0%
Answered by < 100 in Riverside, CA
Never
78%
Once ever
5%
Once a quarter
13%
Once a month
4%
Once a week
0%
Answered by < 100 in San Diego
Never
75%
Once ever
10%
Once a quarter
8%
Once a month
4%
Once a week
3%
Answered by 1,000+ in San Francisco
Never
76%
Once ever
7%
Once a quarter
9%
Once a month
5%
Once a week
3%
Answered by 500+ in Seattle
Never
72%
Once ever
9%
Once a quarter
10%
Once a month
6%
Once a week
3%
Answered by 500+ in Washington, DC

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